Binghamton, NY

WBNG VIA CNN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

In this framegrab taken from Cable News Network (CNN) of a WBNG television broadcast, shows police (C) carrying shields on April 03, 2009 in Binghamton, New York. A gunman shot up to four people at an American Civic Association building and took some 40 others hostage in Binghamton, local media reported.

In this framegrab taken from Cable News Network (CNN) of a WBNG television broadcast, shows police (C) carrying shields on April 03, 2009 in Binghamton, New York. A gunman shot up to four people at an American Civic Association building and took some 40 others hostage in Binghamton, local media reported. (WBNG VIA CNN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

In this framegrab taken from Cable News Network (CNN) of a WBNG television broadcast, shows police (C) carrying shields on April 03, 2009 in Binghamton, New York. A gunman shot up to four people at an American Civic Association building and took some 40 others hostage in Binghamton, local media reported.